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Niuversityis an innovative online educational institution that delivers education and skills in a creative method. We deliver online live classes where you can interact with your teacher and colleagues in real time. You will get assignments and receive professional feedback on your tasks and progress. Niuversity is neither pure online nor traditional education

It is a new way for you to learn smart and with passion. Niuversity uses cutting edge technologies to ensure the best quality of its education that meets your personal needs best

Niuversity teaches a wide range of professional skills that are needed by today’s labor market in addition to English, German, and Arabic

Niuversity builds bridges between what the Arab youth have in terms of education and knowledge and what they need to become active global citizens and have their guaranteed place in the contemporary labor market. To achieve this goal, Niuversity teaches the professional skills that are needed in today’s market. These are skills that do not need an academic background, do not take long to learn, and can be used to work for companies around the world from the comfort of your living room. Each of Niuversity courses has an entrepreneurial component that will guide and help you establish your small business

Niuversity differentiates between education as a system and learning as a process. It strongly believes in the power of self learning which includes the individual different ways in which people do learn. Education doesnt necessarily mean that learning takes place and that is why it has been undervalued in the Arab world because usually it doesn't produce good results. People are ready to invest in their education when they know it is valuable and brings them good results. Therefore, Niuversity designs its courses in a way that makes the learner at the center of the learning process and can learn according to her/his own way, pace, and preference. The main focus is on making the learning happens at all levels to insure the highest benefits of this learning. Once it takes place, learning is transformed into a joyful activity and the learner becomes passionate about it. All this leads to the fact that learning does what it aims for. At Niuversity, learning aims to prepare you to be ready for the labour market of the 21st century

In order to do this, Niuversity has developed its own approach for the delivery of its courses and the design of the learning process that caters for all learners

Our Virtual Classroom

Our lessons are delivered through a virtual classroom format where all the learners and their teachers virtually meet at the same time with their computer or smart devices. The class will be online and live The learning environment is very much like the real classroom. Niuversity uses an interactive system that allows the instructor and the learners to easily interact with each other throughout the whole class. Learners can ask questions and get answers in real time. Each learner can also talk privately to the teacher and gets the answer privately when s/he wishes. According to the nature of the course and the desire of the learners, learners can all appear on the screen and can see each other. Otherwise, only the instructor appears for everyone. However, at any time during the class, any learner can click the “raise hand” button which tells the teacher that this specific learner would like to appear on the screen and say something to the whole class (it is like coming to the teacher table in a traditional classroom)

Each live classroom will be recorded, and the recording will be available in each learner’s account. Learners can watch the recording as much as they need to make sure they get the ideas. In case any learner has extra questions, s/he can always communicate with the instructor and get answers

Learners will get assignments, according to the nature of the course, and get feedback for their performance. They will work on practical and applied assignments when applicable. They will do quizzes and tests and will receive certificates after attending and passing the course

Niuversity for Newcomers

Niuversity courses can also help those newcomers from Arab countries who have recently come to Europe and seek integration and entry into the local labor market. But very often teaching is in the language of the host country and newcomers have difficulties to learn in a new language. Thus Niuversity courses help this group to learn faster and can shorten the integration period by far. Whatever qualification they bring from home they can complement their knowledge by skills taught through Niuversity courses

Partnerships

Niuversity has entered strategic partnerships with Pearson and CISCO, both well- known and internationally acting online learning institutions

Pearson online English

To overcome the language problems mentioned earlier Niuversity offers Pearson Online English courses in subscriptions from 1 month to one year. With Pearson Online English learners have access to all sorts of English learning materials for all levels of learners. Both standard and premium subscription are available to provide the learner the maximum of learning process according to her/his own interests

Our main target group is the youth in the Arab world. We have discovered that one reason for the Arab crisis is the crisis of education in the Arab world. Our diligent market research discovered that Arab learners suffer from two main obstacles in the learning process: Language and the Need for Guidance

Access to Education:the Arab societies are growing at a very high rate – more than 60% of the populations in the Arab world are younger than 29 years. While learning in face to face classrooms is probably the best environment to learn it is practically impossible for all young people in our target region to access such education. E-learning is the main tool to face the growth in the region. That is why Niuversity offers courses which are accessible through the Internet

Language:One of the obstacles that the Arab youth face to access modern and online education is the language. Most of the courses and the programs that are available worldwide are offered in English. According to our research, the majority of the Arab youth don't feel comfortable doing the whole course in a foreign language. Therefore, Niuversity uses Arabic as the language of communication between instructors and learners to tear down the wall of missing language proficiency and to make them feel comfortable and secure

Guidance: Niuversity caters for the guidance needs of its learners. Niuversity teaches its courses online live! In the virtual classroom learners can ask, discuss, give feedback. We have introduced also the concept of 'digital office-hours' where learners can talk to their instructors and ask them freely

Empowering Women

While many young men seek education abroad and far from their home countries, this opportunity is not given to the same extent to female students. Due to traditions, families are reluctant to let their daughters go abroad to live in “insecure” environments. Thus the Niuversity approach is explicitly empowering female learners because they do not have to leave their “secure” environment to get the education they consider to be important for them. Moreover, the skills that we teach them will enable them to work from their own homes and transform them into productive members of their societies

Comenius Award

Niuversity has been awarded with the Comenius Award 2018 for its efforts to build a online learning solution for the Arab world

The Society for Pedagogy, Information and Media “John Amos Comenius” (GPI) is a scientific society for educational media, multimedia, educational technology and media didactics. The Comenius-EduMedia-Award honors outstanding digital educational products. It is the only European media award independent of providers and producers. The published rating system stands for transparency of the award procedure

Accreditation by Forum Distant Learning

Members of „Forum Distance E-Learning“ are experts of media based and supervised learning – be it companies, higher education institutions or private people. The association „Forum Distance E-Learning“ is the first and most important reference for politics, research, economy and the public sphere to turn to when it comes to matters of e-learning. In the „Forum Distance E-Learning“ multiple activities of a future-oriented growth-industry are bundled and their position is strengthened by our committed public relations work. This way „Forum Distance E-Learning“ sustainably supports the establishment of learning societies

Our Management Team

Dr. Fadi Alshalabi, Founder and CEO

Holds a PhD in Economics and Social Sciences from Kassel university, Germany, specializing in the management of higher education and a Master degree in teaching English for the speakers of other languages from Edinburgh University in the UK

Dr. Alshalabi was a visiting researcher at the Technical University of Berlin between 2014 and 2016. He worked as the Director of the International and Cultural Relations of Damascus University, a teacher at the University, and as the academic director of the Syrian Computer Society, and the director of many international educational projects. He played a crucial role in Damascus University’s endeavours to open up to the German Higher Education system. His vision is a borderless and global educated society. Fadi strongly believes that education is he main tool for development

A highly experienced and enthusiastic educator and education manager.Holds a PhD in comparative linguistics and Semitic Languages from Munich University (LMU). He worked in international Higher Education Management in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Ethiopia and Oman. His last position was Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs at the German University of Technology in Oman. Jürgen believes that education is the key for personal and social development towards a global society